Painted signs and mosaics

Wednesday, 9 August 2017

Indian cement manufacturer Shaktiman Ltd was founded in 1991 in Delhi. The company's logo makes full use of the name: indeed, Shaktimaan in India refers to someone, usually not from this world, with extraordinary powers ("शक्ति / shakti" means "power"). In other words, some kind of Superman.

Saturday, 5 August 2017

Next to yesterday's sign for Araniko Cement is another one for a totally different company: Chinese TV, electronics and home appliances manufacturer TCL The Creative Life. This is the second TCL sign I came across while walking along the main street of Sankhu.

Thursday, 3 August 2017

Founded in 1981, cheap cassette manufacturer TTK was forced to change its name to TCL in 1985 after it was sued by TDK. Since then this Chinese company based in Huizhou in the province of Guangdong has become one of the largest manufacturers of TV sets in the world and has expanded into other electronic products.

This is just the first of several TCL painted signs found in the small town of Sankhu.